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Art Pauly first reported the burglary on Sunday after arriving at his Highland home. Pauly said someone broke into his home while he was at work, taking a television, two jewelry boxes and an urn and velvet bag that contained the remains of his wife, Ann Marie Pauly.

On Monday, a neighbor returned the container, saying that he had confronted the burglar in the street.

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The velvet bag containing a small portion of his wife's remains, and the other stolen property, were all still missing, Pauly said. The case is still under investigation.